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    idrogo2 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 22, 2009, 04:53 PM
    Someone else claimed my dependent
    I have a niece, living with me, that I claimed as a dependent for the past three years. Last year, I claimed her on my tax return, but the IRS sent me a letter stating that someone else had already claimed her. I know for a fact that none of her parents claimed her. What can I do? Do I have to amend the tax return as the IRS suggested or are there other means to fix this? I am the person who should claim her. I don't know who would claim her or how they got her social security number.
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    Mar 22, 2009, 05:19 PM

    Write or call to see the IRS people
    And explain exactly what is happening.
    They have all the details , someone
    Else is fraudulently claiming what is not theirs.
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